About CID
Overview
Since its public release in 2000, the Central Internet Database (CID) has provided users with
Department of Energy (DOE) waste management, cleanup, and facility information. The 2008 update of
the CID is the first comprehensive update of the CID since its initial release. Several changes
have been made in this new version of the CID. Most importantly the number and types of reports has
been changed to reflect current DOE data collection. Also, in an effort to reduce redundancy with
other DOE data reporting systems, the CID now directs users to other systems for radioactive waste
information. Users will still be able to access the more detailed radioactive waste and contaminated
media data previously featured in the CID by using the Archived Reports menu.
CID Background – Why was this website created?
In 1989, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and other organizations filed a lawsuit
against James Watkins, Secretary of the DOE, regarding DOE's failure to prepare a Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for its environmental management and weapons modernization activities.
In 1990, a settlement was reached that called for DOE to develop two PEIS's: one covering the future
configuration of DOE’s nuclear weapons complex; and one covering DOE’s Environmental Restoration and
Waste Management (ER/WM) Program.
In 1995, DOE modified the scope of the ER/WM PEIS to exclude environmental restoration activities.
Following this decision, the NRDC filed another lawsuit in 1997, alleging that DOE violated their 1990
settlement. On December 12, 1998, DOE and NRDC settled the second lawsuit through an official Settlement
Agreement, referred to as the PEIS Settlement Agreement.
The PEIS Settlement Agreement avoided
further litigation by mandating that DOE take the following three major actions to enhance the public's
understanding of DOE's cleanup activities:
- Develop and deploy an integrated database containing available information on waste, facilities,
and contaminated media for which DOE has responsibility.
- Conduct a study on long-term stewardship for DOE sites.
- Establish a $6.25 million fund for technical and scientific reviews.
DOE was also required to sponsor a National Stakeholder Forum to address issues related to development
of the CID.
The CID was first released to the public in January 2000, and continues
to be updated to meet the needs of the user community.
CID Content - What Type of Data is specified by the Settlement Agreement?
The CID fulfills the first major action for DOE outlined in the PEIS Settlement Agreement.
Click here to view the specific categories and types of
information specified in the PEIS Settlement Agreement.
The PEIS Settlement Agreement additionally requires the CID to provide data on DOE's non-radioactive hazardous
waste and toxic chemicals from the Pollution Prevention and Toxic Release Inventory databases. The Agreement
also requires the CID to provide information from DOE's 1996 Materials In Inventory initiative. Information
about these and other CID data sources is found below in the CID Data Sources section.
In accordance with the terms of the PEIS Settlement Agreement, the CID includes only data that are available
and currently collected by DOE on a national level, and does not include any information that is classified,
controlled, or proprietary. As a result the CID does not address Settlement Agreement requirements not
supported by current DOE data collection. In the future, the CID may be modified to include or exclude data
as DOE's data collection efforts evolve.
CID Data Sources
Data Sources for Standard Reports
- Waste Information Management System (WIMS
): Low-level waste and mixed low-level waste (LLW/MLLW) forecast volume data.
- National Spent Fuel Database: Database maintained by the National Spent Nuclear Fuel Program to provide information about DOE owned or managed SNF.
- Facilities Information Management System (FIMS): This system is DOE's real property database. Real property includes land and anything permanently affixed to it, such as buildings, fences, and building fixtures (lights, plumbing, heating, and air conditioning, etc.). Buildings and other permanently affixed structures are generally referred to as "facilities". For more information about FIMS, visit the FIMS website . The CID uses FIMS data to provide facility information that includes operational status, excess status, current and historical use, type, size, and hazard category group.
- Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Database: This database contains DOE submissions to the EPA in accordance with Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). DOE sites prepare and submit an annual report (referred to as a Form R) on each toxic chemical for which the site meets or exceeds the reporting threshold criteria. Information in the Form R includes routine and accidental releases of toxic chemicals into the air, water, and land as well as the amount contained in wastes treated, recycled, or burned for energy recovery onsite and offsite.
The CID includes data in Sections 5, 6 and 8 of Form R submitted by DOE from 1993 to the most current submission. For more information on DOE's TRI reporting data, visit EPA's Toxic Release Inventory Program website.
- Pollution Prevention Database: This database stores information collected each year through DOE’s Pollution Prevention Program and is a primary source of information for DOE's Annual Report of Waste Generation and Pollution Progress (also called the Waste Generation Report). The CID includes data from the Pollution Prevention Database for information on non-radioactive hazardous waste and sanitary waste.
- Materials in Inventory (MIN) Database: This database stores information collected for the production of the 1996 report Taking Stock: A Look at Opportunities and Challenges Posed by Inventories from the Cold War Era (also referred to as the MIN Report). The database and the MIN Report contain data collected from 1993 to 1995 through DOE’s MIN Initiative.
The CID includes the data collected during the MIN Initiative entailing reported MIN amounts at DOE sites. Some information collected through the MIN Initiative is classified and is not included in the CID. There are currently no plans to update this information.
Data Sources for Archived Reports
EM Corporate Database:
This database was developed by DOE in 1998 to store data from EM Program activities in planning, budgeting, performance measurement, and project progress reporting. This detailed waste stream data is no longer collected. Most of the data for the archived radioactive waste, contaminated media, and spent nuclear fuel (SNF) is from the EM Corporate database. Along with data for the EM program, this database also provided data for the DP, SC, and NE programs. Detailed information on spent nuclear fuel management and cleanup was provided to the EM Corporate Database through the National Spent Fuel database.
